Primary energy use in Slovakia was 194 TWh and 36 TWh per million inhabitants in 2009.IEA Key energy statistics 2010
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Statistics

Energy plan

Slovakia has a plan to get renewable sources of energy up to 19.2% by 2030.

Energy types

From 2024, following the completion of two new nuclear reactors, Slovakia will return to being a net exporter of electricity.

Fossil fuels

Oil

Slovnaft Slovnaft is an oil refining company in Slovakia. The company, located in Bratislava, is a subsidiary of MOL Group. History Slovnaft is the successor of the Apollo company. Apollo was established in 1895 in Bratislava Bratislava (, als ...

is the largest

oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, liq ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

. In 2022 Slovakia sought to reduce its reliance on oil from Russia.

Natural gas

Slovenský plynárenský priemysel Slovenský plynárenský priemysel, a.s. (abbr. SPP; Slovak: literally Slovak Gas Industry) is a state-owned energy supplier headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia. The company follows on from over 150 years of gas industry in Slovakia. It is ...

(Slovak Gas Industry) is the main natural gas supplier in Slovakia. In 2022 Slovakia sought to reduce its reliance on natural gas from Russia who was supplying 81% in 2020.

Coal

Two coal power stations operate in Slovakia, with one at Nováky, scheduled to close in 2023.

Nuclear Energy

Five operating reactors in two power plants

Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant The Jaslovské Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) ( sk, Atómové elektrárne Jaslovské Bohunice, abbr. EBO) is a complex of nuclear reactors situated 2.5 km from the village of Jaslovské Bohunice in the Trnava District in western Slovakia. ...

with two reactors dating from the 1980s and three at

Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant The Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant ( sk, Atómové elektrárne Mochovce, abbr. EMO) is a nuclear power plant located between the towns of Nitra and Levice, on the site of the former village of Mochovce, Slovakia. Two up-rated 470 MW (originally 440 ...

), with two from the 1990s and the 3rd being commissioned in January 2023. Total electricity generation from nuclear in 2020 was 15.4 TWh. One additional reactor is near completion at Mochovce.

Renewable energy

Slovakia renewable electricity production

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources.

Wind power

In the end of 2022

wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller impact on the environment than burning fossil fuels. Historically ...

capacity in Slovakia 3MW which has not changed since 2010. In the National Energy and Climate Plan the Government plans to build 500MW of wind by 2030.

Solar power

In 2019 Slovakia had 472 MW of installed solar power capacity. It is expected to rise to 750 MW by 2030.

Biomass

Biomass provides around 4% of electricity generation capacity.

Hydro power

There is hydropower potential in Vah and Orava rivers (before Stary Hrad, and after Kralovianski Meander, Oravka tunnel), with power plants over 30MW as extremely profitable (for low cost/installed MW).

Climate change

Emissions of

carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide ( chemical formula ) is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is t ...

in total, per capita in 2007 were 6.8 tons CO₂ compared to EU 27 average 7.9 tons . Emission change 2007/1990 (%) was -35.1%. In Europe in 2007 the Slovak emissions of

per capita (6.8 tons CO₂) were higher than in Hungary 5.4, Sweden 5.1, Portugal 5.2 or Switzerland 5.6 and lower than in Czech Republic 11.8, Luxembourg 22.4, Finland 12.2, Netherlands 11.1, Germany 9.7 or Ireland 10.1 1990 emissions were 74 Mt _eq. The

Kyoto protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

target is reduction of 6 Mt (-8%).Wind energy and EU climate policy Achieving 30% lower emissions by 2020
EWEA October 2011 p. 39

References

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